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J. J. BRISLIN. DEVICE FIOR JOINING THE ENDS 0E LEATHER BELTING. No. 272,523.

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UNITEDV STATES PATENT OEFICE,

JOHN J. BEIsLIN, AOEALEANY, NEW YORK, AssIGNoE To EDWARD s.

. LEWIS,- on SAME PLAGE.

DEVICE FOR JoiNiN'e THE ENDS oF LEATHER EEE-rune.B

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,523, dated February 20, 1883.

Application ined December 14,1882. (No model.)

To all kwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. BRISLIN, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of- Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Imjoints and riveted, and to the combination,'

with the scarfed and lapping ends bf'a spliced leather belt which are held joined togetherby rivets, of a plate ot' thin sheet metal so secured to the splice-joint of the belt by clinchnails as to be on the outer side o1' the same and vover the feather-edge end of the outer lap of the belt. 1

The objects of my improvements are, first, to produce a sheet-metal plate With a strengthen ing-flange made Withits marginal edges, and

perforated at intervals at near the same for receiving clinch-nails, which will be adapted to be applied to the outer side of the belt and over the featheredge end ot' the outer lap of' the splice-joint, to hold the same from breaking away from the base of the scarf of the opposite side lap of the spliced portions of the belt; second, to so combine witha splice-joint ot' leather belt, and on the outer side thereof, and over the feather-edge end ot' the outer scart'ed piece of tlhe same, a metal plate ofV reference indicate like parts throughout theY several views.` y

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a section of a band-pulley and a section ot' a band or belt which embodies the improvements of my invention. y Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my improved belt-splice plate. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the same,

i taken at line No. l in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectionalview takenl in the transverse, as at line No. 2 in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a plan View of the spliced portion of a leather belt with my improved belt-splice plate secured in position thereto. Fig. 6isa longitudinal sectional View ofthe same, taken at line No. 3 in Fig. 5; and Fig.`7 illustrates a modication of the edge Harige of the belt-splice plate.

- In the drawings, A represents asection of a band wheel or pulley, and B isa section ot' a leather belt or band to which my invention is applied. The said belt or band is shown to be composed of two spliced sections,B and B2, in which the spliced ends are. made with ascarfed lap-joint, b. With the scarf bof section B over-s lying scart b2 of section B2, as shown in Figs. l and 6. The scart'ed ends ot' the respective sections B and B2 are cemented together and secured by rivets rr, as indicated by dotted lines inFig. 5 and shown by full linesin Fig. 6.

, C is 'my improved belt-splice plate, made ot' thin sheet metal-such as thin sheet copper, brass, iron, tin, or annealed sheet-steel-with a length about equal to the width ot' the belt the plate is to be used with, and with awidth of about one and a quarter inch. This thin sheetmetal plate has its marginal edges stii'ened by a narrow iiange-rim, a, as shown. The said iiange-rim is preferably formed by bending .marginal edges of said plate, and Within the bounding angeedges ot' the same, at a short .distance therefrom, are 4perforations c c c, and

made at intervals of about half an inch apart, as shown. to receive clinch-nails ce e and adapttheplate to be secured to the leather belt or band B. The said belt-splice plate is secured to the outer side of the belt or band B in such a manner that one of its side Harige-rim edges, ce, will be The said perforations are intended 9 5 IOO extended a little past the featheredge end of scarted lap b' of the spliced portion B of the belt, as shown by full lines in Figs.1 and 6 and indicated by full and dotted lines in Fig. 5. Vhen the plate has been thds arranged inrelation to the belt and its lap-joint splice, it will be secured in place by means of clinch-nails c e, passin g through pert'orations ce, made in said plate, and driven through the leather of the belt and clinched, as shown in Fig. 6.

1n use the plate C operates rst to hold the feather-edge end of the scarfed lap b ol the portion B of the spliced belt firmly and securcly down on the base of the scart'ed lap b2 of the portion B2 of the same, and protects the same from becoming loosened, as is the case in spliced belts as heretofore unprotected. The plate with the clinched nails relieves toa great degree the cement and rivets i' from the strain which heretofore Was exerted on the cement or rivets ot' the splice. The flange-edges a a of the plate operate to stiften the marginal edges ot' the same, between the clinch-nails, against kinking or binding oft" from the leather of the belt.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The belt-splice plate C, made of thin sheet metal, and having a flanged rim-edge7 a a, and provided with perfcrations c c, made at intervals apart and at a short distance from said flanged edges, and adapted to receive clinchnails or theirknownequivalents, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a scarfed lap-joint of a leather belt, in which the laps are secured together by rivets or cement, or both, of the belt-splice plate C, made ot' thin sheet metal, and secured on the outer side ofthe belt and over the scarfed lap-joint of the spliced portions of the same, with one of its marginal side edges bearing on the leather-edge end of the outer lapping portion of the splice, and

the clinch-nails ee, substantially as and for the 

